Definition of Lille

1. Noun. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: France, French Republic

Definition of Lille

1. Proper noun. A city in France, the capital of Nord-Pas-de-Calais ¹

2. Proper noun. A village in Belgium, near Turnhout. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lille

Lilium
Lilium auratum
Lilium canadense
Lilium candidum
Lilium catesbaei
Lilium columbianum
Lilium lancifolium
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium maritinum
Lilium martagon
Lilium michiganense
Lilium pardalinum
Lilium philadelphicum
Lilium superbum
Liliuokalani
Lille (current term)
Lillia
Lillian
Lillian Gish
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Russell
Lilliana
Lilliane
Lillianna
Lillias
Lillie
Lillie's azure-eosin stain
Lillie's ferrous iron stain
Lillie's sulfuric acid Nile blue stain

Literary usage of Lille

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Northern France, from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"291/2 M. Lille (see p. 88). Ш. From Lille to Courtrai. ... of seats and carrying no luggage, which ply to a number of places between Lille and Tourcoing. ..."

2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"I have no money, I lie in pawn, A stranger in the town of Lille. ... How can I, without cash at Lille ? I think how pleasant were n pot, A frothing pot of ..."

3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"Douai had now been entered by the British, Lille had been occupied, ... The fall of Lille took from the Germans the last of the bastions which for years had ..."

4. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"(45) THE EVACUATION OF Lille Our advance north of the Lys had brought our troops far to the east of the Lille defenses on the northern side, ..."

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